]]>http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/2099-amsterdam-will-make-promotion-of-red-light-district-more-honest/feed0Auditor: ‘Impossible to measure success of Amsterdam’s Red Light District clean-up measures’http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/2018-are-amsterdam-red-light-district-cleanup-efforts-successful
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/2018-are-amsterdam-red-light-district-cleanup-efforts-successful#commentsFri, 23 Sep 2011 21:12:06 +0000http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=2018 It is impossible to determine whether Amsterdam's efforts to reduce the number of window brothels, coffeeshops and call shops in the city's Red Light District lead to less crime.

This is one of the conclusions of a report made public today by the Netherlands Court of Audit.

]]>http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/2018-are-amsterdam-red-light-district-cleanup-efforts-successful/feed0Red Light Radio – Live Radio in Amsterdam’s Red Light Districthttp://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/1292-red-light-radio-amsterdam
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/1292-red-light-radio-amsterdam#commentsThu, 03 Feb 2011 14:48:53 +0000http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=1292 There's something new in Amsterdam's (in)famous Red Light District: a radio broadcasting live from a former prostitute's cubicle.

Radio Netherlands reporter Patricia Cronie asked founder Hugo van Heijningen what's the benefit of making radio next door to the prostitutes?

]]>http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/1292-red-light-radio-amsterdam/feed0The connection between Amsterdam’s coffeeshops and organized crimehttp://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/686-amsterdam-coffeeshops-organized-crime
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/686-amsterdam-coffeeshops-organized-crime#commentsFri, 22 May 2009 17:07:28 +0000http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=686 The number of coffeeshops in Amsterdam's Red Light District will be reduced by 34 percent over the next 3-6 years.

The closures are meant to make a dent in the estimated €21 - 42 million in un-taxed, yearly profits made by organized crime syndicates that officials have documented as being involved on the supply side.

]]>http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/686-amsterdam-coffeeshops-organized-crime/feed026 coffeeshops in downtown Amsterdam must close their doorshttp://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/681-coffeeshops-amsterdam-close
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/681-coffeeshops-amsterdam-close#commentsTue, 19 May 2009 10:21:17 +0000http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=681 According to the Municipality of Amsterdam the large number of coffeeshops in the center of town create an infrastructure that encourages criminality. The City refers to such establishments as 'crimogene' -- a term used to describe functions that encourage 'promotion or advancement of -- or susceptibility to -- criminality.'

The closures are part of the Coalition Project 1012, designed to spruce up downtown Amsterdam by -- among other things -- breaking the influence of organized crime.

Prostitutes in Amsterdam's Red Light District told Dutch Daily Algemeen Dagblad the see fewer customers, higher rental rates for their 'windows,' and a sharp increase in the number of customers who want to pay less for their services.

]]>http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/652-amsterdam-red-light-district-prices-falling/feed0Amsterdammers tell City officials what they think about Red Light District cleanup effortshttp://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/640-amsterdam-project-1012-discussion
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/640-amsterdam-project-1012-discussion#commentsFri, 27 Mar 2009 15:29:37 +0000http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=640 Amsterdammers who live in the area affected by Project 1012 -- the City's plans to reduce the number of brothels and coffeeshops in Amsterdam's downtown area and Red Light District -- were invited to have their say during a meeting with city officials.

Many of them feel stigmatized by the suggestion that their businesses are somehow promoting criminality.

]]>http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/640-amsterdam-project-1012-discussion/feed0Reprieve for some Amsterdam brothels and coffeeshopshttp://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/609-amsterdam-brothels-coffeeshops-reprieved
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/609-amsterdam-brothels-coffeeshops-reprieved#commentsMon, 09 Mar 2009 12:50:28 +0000http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=609 After closing a number of brothels in the Singel canal area, Amsterdam Alderman Lodewijk Asscher tells the city's town council no further closures are necessary there.

The closures were part of the ambitious Project 1012, designed to 'clean up' Amsterdam's historic city center. The project has met with increasing resistance from locals and town council members.

Asscher also says that a number of coffeeshops scheduled for closure in the Red Light District will be able to close later than originally planned.

]]>http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/609-amsterdam-brothels-coffeeshops-reprieved/feed0Amsterdam: Armbrughttp://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/458-amsterdam-armbrug
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/458-amsterdam-armbrug#commentsThu, 16 Oct 2008 04:43:59 +0000http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/?p=458 In the past sketches and paintings of this bridge were used to draw provincials to Amsterdam.

To-date this is still one of the city's most photographed and painted views.